Kitten & Gold Fish (rapidograph on paper)

ABOUT THIS COLLECTION

When my son lost his kitten from tragic death, I could feel the unbearable pain inside him. It was his first taste of sorrow, and by watching him crying all day broke my heart into pieces. As a father, I could only embrace and kiss him with tenderness and compassion. I could have brought him to a mall and bought out his pains with toys, games or rides. But at that time, I could even hardly buy my own art materials as a struggling artist. The only thing I could do, which seemed logical, was to create something that would temporarily alleviate his grief and desolation. For a while, I could see my son smiling again when he saw my drawings, but the innocence of his smile was no longer the same.

These drawings (of kitten and goldfish) were born out of that excruciating circumstance.

~ Danny Castillones Sillada

THE BURIAL(Written for my son, John Daniel, when he was nine years old after losing his kitten from a tragic accident)

Standing on his kitten's burial ground,the boy's tiny frail eyes began to fall:his mind drifting, searching for a reasonthat he could barely understand.